Saturday, August 06, 2005

Joyner on McCaffrey on Iraq

James Joyner has a roundup of points from a recent report (PDF) by reitred General Barry McCaffrey. Well worth a look and certainly at first glance (I haven't had time to fully digest it yet) the report looks like good stuff.

I hesitate to zoom in on a single negative when there's a fair bit in there that's "trending" positive, but I note that it seems Fallujah is a right bloody mess. I only note this because the city is still pretty much a news blackout with remarkably little solid information coming out of it (apart from the inevitable heartwarming good news stories about prancing children and bustling bazaars). And also because it's what I already suspected.